Sport and Policy: Issues and Analysis is the first book of its kind to critically analyse international sport policies using a three tiered structure.
Part one comprises three chapters that review the context, key policy areas and the process used to develop sport policy. Part two comprises four chapters that review the regulatory role of the state and its impact on sport in four areas: media, gambling, environment and organizational practices and standards. Part three comprises five chapters that explore the intersections of sport with other areas of government policy.
Sport and Policy: Issues and Analysis offers a unique and comprehensive examination of how sport policy is developed and manifested. Each chapter will use an international comparative approach, in order to facilitate a broad understanding of sport policy in a global context. It is essential reading for any student or practitioner studying or working in policy today.
* Ground breaking text - the first to look at policy from an international perspective including hot topics such as gambling, environment and the media
* Far-reaching in scope encompassing policy context, government regulation and sports intersections with other governmental policies
* Written by leading and experienced authors in the field who adopt a strong pedagogy throughout to facilitate learning

Coverage of a concert held to celebrate the 40-year career of the Scottish rock band at the Black Isle Showground on the 10th of August 2013. The gig was notable for an appearance by former frontman Donnie Munro, who left the band in 1997 to pursue a political career. Along with other past members of Runrig, Donnie joined the current line-up onstage to perform a number of popular songs from their back catalogue.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Database Theory, ICDT 2001, held in London, UK, in January 2001. The 26 revised full papers presented together with two invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. All current issues on database theory and the foundations of database systems are addressed. Among the topics covered are database queries, SQL, information retrieval, database logic, database mining, constraint databases, transactions, algorithmic aspects, semi-structured data, data engineering, XML, term rewriting, clustering, etc.